And they set fire to the grain, and burnt it all up.
And the grape-vines and fruit trees were burnt, and much harm was done.
When the Phil-is-tines found out that it was Sam-son who had done this they took his wife and her fath-er and burnt them to death. And Sam-son fought and slew a host of the Phil-is-tines, and then went on the top of a high rock called E-tam to stay there.
Then a crowd of men went up with a rush to the top of the rock, and they said to Sam-son, We have come to bind thee, that we may give thee in-to the hands of the Phil-is-tines.
Sam-son made them swear that they would not put him to death, and they bound him with strong cords and brought him down from the rock.
As they drew near the camp of the Phil-is-tines a great shout went up from the men there. And the Lord gave Sam-son such strength that he broke the cords from his arms as if they had been burnt threads.
And Sam-son took up the jaw-bone of an ass, and with it he fought the Phil-is-tines and slew a host of them.
SAM-SON SLAY-ING THE PHIL-IS-TINES.
Then a great thirst came on him, and there was no well near from which he could drink. And he grew so weak that he cried out to the Lord not to let him die of thirst or fall in-to the hands of his foes.